Claims on central government, etc. in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Claims on central government, etc. was 20.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Claims on central government, etc. in Early-demographic dividend, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % GDP.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 20.1% for claims on central government, etc. in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 74.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, claims on central government, etc. in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 21.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1976.
That places Early-demographic dividend 25th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Claims on central government, etc. in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.9% | — |
| 1961 | 8.3% | -5.8% |
| 1962 | 8.4% | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 8.7% | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 8.7% | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 9.1% | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 9.1% | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 9.1% | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 9.0% | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 9.1% | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 9.5% | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 9.7% | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 9.1% | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 8.8% | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 5.4% | -38.8% |
| 1975 | 4.4% | -18.6% |
| 1976 | 3.1% | -30.3% |
| 1977 | 4.3% | +39.9% |
| 1978 | 7.2% | +67.4% |
| 1979 | 7.6% | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 6.4% | -15.3% |
| 1981 | 6.2% | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 9.3% | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 9.9% | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 10.5% | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 11.5% | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 18.0% | +56.1% |
| 1987 | 19.0% | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 17.9% | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 18.3% | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 15.3% | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 13.1% | -14.8% |
| 1992 | 11.4% | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 10.4% | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 9.6% | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 9.7% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 8.9% | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 10.7% | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 13.6% | +26.6% |
| 2000 | 12.8% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | +21.4% |
| 2002 | 17.5% | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 17.1% | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | -13.7% |
| 2005 | 11.4% | -22.4% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | -19.5% |
| 2007 | 7.7% | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | -27.6% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 7.8% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | +29.8% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 16.3% | +12.3% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | +25.7% |
| 2021 | 20.1% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 19.8% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 21.3% | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 19.6% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 20.1% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.8% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.9% | 3.1% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.7% | 6.2% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.2% | 8.9% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.0% | 5.6% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 7.8% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 19.6% | 21.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More financial sector data for Early-demographic dividend
- Net migration -3.03 million (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 40.4% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 38.2% (2025)
- Broad money 66.6% (2021)
- Domestic credit to private sector 40.2% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 2.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 9.26 (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -3.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is claims on central government, etc. in Early-demographic dividend?
- Claims on central government, etc. in Early-demographic dividend was 20.1% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest claims on central government, etc. recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest claims on central government, etc. recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1976.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for claims on central government, etc.?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 25th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is claims on central government, etc. rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.